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U.S. business leaders are redoubling their efforts to push a reluctant Congress to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws and grant the president authority to negotiate international trade deals, diving into battles already raging between the business and tea party wings of the Republican Party.

Randall Stephenson, chief executive of AT&T Inc. and the new head of the Business Roundtable, met this week with members of Congress to press them to take action on both fronts. To boost economic growth, the group is also calling for a lower corporate tax rate in exchange for closing loopholes. And it wants Congress to avoid any repeat of the budget brinksmanship of recent years, which they say has discouraged business investment and hiring. Read More »

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